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Espoirs Road Race History
1921 Denmark, Copenhagen, 190 kms 1 G Skold (Swe) 2 W Nielsen (Den) 3 C.F Davey (GB) 1922 Great Britain, Liverpool, 161 kms 1 Dave Marsh (GB) 2 W.T Burkill (GB) 3 C.F Davey (GB) 1923 Switzerland, Zurich, 160 kms 1 L Ferrario (Ita) 2 O Eichenberger (Swi) 3 G Antenen (Swi) 1924 France, Paris, 180 kms 1 A Leducq (Fra) 2 O Lehner (Swi) 3 A Blanchonnet (Fra) 1925 Netherlands, Apeldoorn, 188 kms 1 H Hoevenaers (Bel) 2 M Bocher (Fra) 3 G Van den Berghe (Ned) 1926 Italy, Milan-Turin, 183 kms 1 Oct Dayen (Fra) 2 J Merviel (Fra) 3 Polano (Ita) 1927 Germany, Nürnburgring, 182.4 kms 1 Jean Aerts (Bel) 2 Bruno Wolke (Ger) 3 M Orecchia (Ita) 1928 Hungary, Budapest, 200 kms 1 Allegro Grandi (Ita) 2 Michele Mara (Ita) 3 Jean Aerts (Bel) 1929 Switzerland, Zurich, 200 kms 1 P Bertolazzo (Ita) 2 Remo Bertoni (Ita) 3 Rene Brossy (Fra) 1930 Belgium, Liège, 194 kms 1 Giuseppe Martano (Ita) 2 Eug Gestric (Ita) 3 Rud Risch (Ger) 1931 Denmark, Copenhague, 170 kms 1 Henry Hansen (Den) 2 G Olmo (Ita) 3 Leo Nielsen (Den) 1932 Italy, Rome, 137 kms 1 Giuseppe Martano (Ita) 2 Paul Egli (Swi) 3 P Chocque (Fra) 1933 France, Monthéry, 125 kms 1 Paul Egli (Swi) 2 K Stettler (Swi) 3 J Lowaige (Bel) 1934 Germany, Leipzig, 112 kms 1 K Pellenaars (Ned) 2 A Deforge (Fra) 3 P Andre (Bel) 1935 Belgium, Florette, 162 kms 1 Ivo Mancini (Ita) 2 R Charpentier (Fra) 3 W Grundahl (Den) 1936 Switzerland, Berne, 145 kms 1 Edgar Buchwalder (Swi) 2 Gottlieb Weber (Swi) 3 P Favalli (Ita) 1937 Denmark, Copenhague, 204 kms 1 A Leoni (Ita) 2 F Sorensen (Den) 3 F Scheller (Ger) 1938 Netherlands, Valkenburg, 170 kms 1 Hans Knecht (Swi) 2 J Wagner (Swi) 3 J Demmenie (Ned) 1946 Switzerland, Zurich, 189 kms 1 Henry Aubry (Fra) 2 E Stettler (Swi) 3 H Van Kerckhove (Bel) 1947 France, Reims, 164 kms 1 Alfio Ferrari (Ita) 2 S Pedroni (Ita) 3 G Beek (Ned) 1948 Netherlands, Valkenburg, 186 kms 1 Harry Snell (Swe) 2 L Lerno (Bel) 3 Olle Wanlund (Swe) 1949 Denmark, Copenhagen, 193 kms 1 Henk Faanhof (Ned) 2 H Kass (Lux) 3 H Vinken (Ned) 1950 Belgium, Moorslede, 175 kms 1 Jack Hoobin (Aus) 2 Robert Varnajo (Fra) 3 Alfio Ferrari (Ita) 1951 Italy, Varese, 172.2 kms 1 Gianni Ghidini (Ita) 2 R Benedetti (Ita) 3 J Plantaz (Ned) 1952 Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 175 kms 1 Luciano Ciancola (Ita) 2 A Noyelle (Bel) 3 R Ludwig (Lux) 1953 Switzerland, Lugano, 180 kms 1 Ricardo Filippi (Ita) 2 Gastone Nencini (Ita) 3 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 1954 Germany, Sollingen, 150 kms 1 Emiel Van Cauter (Bel) 2 H.E Andresen (Den) 3 Martin Van Den Borgh (Ned) 1955 Italy, Rome, 188 kms 1 Sante Ranucci (Ita) 2 L Grassi (Ita) 3 D Bruni (Ita) 1956 Denmark, Copenhagen, 194 kms 1 Frans Mahn (Ned) 2 N Verougstraete (Bel) 3 J Buis (Ned) 1957 Belgium, Waregem, 190.4 kms 1 Louis Proost (Bel) 2 Arnoldo Pambianco (Ita) 3 S Verhoef (Ned) 1958 France, Reims, 177.9 kms 1 Gustave Schur (Ger) 2 V Paulissen (Bel) 3 H Dewolf (Bel) 1959 Netherlands, Zandvoort, 189.2 kms 1 Gustave Schur (Ger) 2 Bas Maliepaard (Ned) 3 Constant Goossens (Bel) 1960 Germany, Sachsenring, 174.6 kms 1 Bernhard Eckstein (Ger) 2 Gustave Schur (Ger) 3 W Van Den Berghen (Bel) 1961 Switzerland, Bern, 181.5 kms 1 Jean Jourden (Fra) 2 H Belena (Fra) 3 J Gestraud (Fra) 1962 Italy, Salo, 179.3 kms 1 Renato Boncioni (Ita) 2 Ole Ritter (Den) 3 Arie Den Hartog (Ned) 1963 Belgium, Renaix, 197 kms 1 Flaviano Vicentini (Ita) 2 F Bazire (Fra) 3 Wilfried Boelke (Ger) 1964 France, Sallanches, 185.6 kms 1 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 2 Willy Planckaert (Bel) 3 Gösta Pettersson (Bel) 1965 Spain, Lasarte, 171.9 kms 1 Jacques Botherel (Fra) 2 José-Maria Lasa (Spa) 3 Battista Monti (Ita) 1966 Germany, Nürbergring, 182.4 kms 1 Evert Dolman (Ned) 2 Leslie West (GBR) 3 Willy Skibby (Den) 1967 Netherlands, Heerlen, 199.8 kms 1 Graham Webb (GBR) 2 Claude Guyout (Fra) 3 Rene Pijnen (Ned) 1968 Uruguay, Montevideo, 200 kms 1 Vittorio Marcelli (Ita) 2 Carlos Flores (BRA) 3 Erik Pettersson (Swe) 1969 Czechoslovakia, Brno, 180.2 kms 1 Leif Mortensen (Den) 2 J-P Monsere (Bel) 3 G Van Roosbroeck (Bel) 1970 Great Britain, Leicester, 180.3 kms 1 Jürgen Schmidt (Den) 2 Ludo Van Den Linden (Bel) 3 Tony Gakens (Bel) 1971 Switzerland, Mendrisio, 168 kms 1 Régis Ovion (Fra) 2 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 3 José-Louis Viejo (Spa) 1973 Spain, Montjuich, 162 kms 1 Rysz Szurkowski (Pol) 2 Stan Szozda (Pol) 3 Bernard Bourreau (Fra) 1974 Canada, Montréal, 175 kms 1 Janusz Kowalski (Pol) 2 Rysz Szurkowski (Pol) 3 Michel Kuhn (Swi) 1975 Belgium, Mettet, 182 kms 1 André Gevers (Ned) 2 Sven-A Nilsson (Swe) 3 Roberto Ceruti (Ita) 1977 Venezuela, San Cristobal, 170 kms 1 Claudio Corti (Ita) 2 Sergei Morozov (Rus) 3 Salvatore Maccali (Ita) 1998 Holland, Valkenburg, 172 kms 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) 2 Rinald Nocentini (Ita) 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) 1999 Italy, Verona, 178.7 kms 1 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) 3 Matthias Kessler (Ger) 2000 Plouay, France, 169.8 km 1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) 2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) 3 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) 2001 Portugal, Lisbon, 169.4km 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) 2 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) 3 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) 2002 Hasselt-Zolder, Belgium, 166.4km 1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) 3.36.28 (46.123 km/h) 2 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) 3 David Loosli (Swi)
